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Webster 1828 Edition

Hired

HI'RED

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Procured or taken for use, at a stipulated or reasonable price; as a hired farm.
1.
Employed in service for a compensation; as a hired man; a hired servant.

Definition 2024

hired

hired

See also: híred

English

Verb

hired

  1. simple past tense and past participle of hire

Anagrams

Old English

Noun

hīred m

  1. family, household
  2. retinue
  3. company, brotherhood

Declension

Descendants

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hīwarēdaz ‎(“family, household, relationship”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeyw-, *ḱeym- ‎(“relative, tribesman”). Cognate with Old High German hīrāt ‎(“marriage”) (German Heirat), Old English hīwen ‎(“household”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhaɪəd/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈhaɪɚd/

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